Would You Eat Famous Hair?

Many things that are in bad taste have one saving grace: being hilarious. But a new jelly containing eBay-purchased strands of what's supposedly Princess Diana's hair makes us gag, not laugh. The amino acids in human hair have actually been used in food production for years (yup, it's true), but the co-founders of the catering company Bompas and Parr weren't thinking of flavor when they made "occult jam" out of the late celebrity's hair—and they definitely weren't thinking of taste. Five pound jars are being sold for $7.60 at a London art exhibition, providing them with an opportunity to call the jam "surreal" and insist that it is both food and art that provokes thoughts about food marketing. It sure made us think about marketing—and how nothing seems to be sacred anymore. What's next—peanut butter with Elvis's nail clippings in it?